The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-09-22

ASTORIA, OREGON:
THURSDAY ...........-SRPTEMBER p, 1887
81. B. Parker's new wharf, at the
foot OF Benton street, is being capped.
Jno. 2. Dickinson's new residence
on Court street is fast approaching
completion.
The Mischief arrived in yesterday
afternoon. She viii load at the o. r.
Il N. dock and sail this evening.
The MGnzGnitG arrived in yester-
day afternoon from Coos bay and
Yaquina, where lighthouse supplies
had been left.
On the banks of George creek, in
the eastern part of the county, are
great tracts Of larch, the trees being
three feet through.
The board of delegates, Astoria
fire department, will have their meet
ing next Monday evening, at which
time will take place the annual elec-
tion Of officers.
There are more buggIes, carriages
and carts In Astoria this season than
ever before, and such delightful
weather as we are now enjoying
brings every one Of them on the
street.
Mr.. Cole, the adiuster for the Lon
the recent fire in John Erickson's
building, has reported to the San
Francisco agency OF the company, ad-
iusting the loss at 1,530.
The last fender pile on Capt. Fla
vel's dock at Tanzy Point was driven
yesterday, and the dock is now COM
plsted. With land, improvements,
dock ETC., Capt. Flavel has spent
about $4,000 in that vicinity in the
last eighteen months.
The Northwestern LWmberDlG1l
has an advertisement in it, placed
there by some OF Astoria's public
spirited citizens, setting forth the
value and advantages of Clatsop
county's great and comparatively un-
touched tracts of timber.
An experienced force of line men
started from Portland yesterday to
put the telegraph line to this city In
good repair for the winter. A part
Of it is hard to keep up, especially
between here and Knappa, and breaks
are OF frequent occurrence, to the
great annoyance of business men.
To the subscriptions to the rail-
road subsidy yesterday, Capt. Geo.
Flsvel made the handsome addition
of 10000; l.. O. and W. s. Kinney
subscribed $1,000. DIR. w. ID. Ba-
ker, $500; Suprenant & Ferguson,
$500; Griffin & Reed, 800. The
amount is now over $4,000. There
are several to hear from yet.
The presence of o net stretching
clear seross the mouth of Lewis
river, W. T., is objected to. In for
mer years salmon ascended that
river and spawned there, and it, In
common with other streams, was q
natural hatchery. Residents ON
Lewis river inform THE Historian
that this year not q single salmon has
passed up that stream.
Mrs. Cook, an old resident of Asto-
ria, and lady much respected by all
who knew her, died yesterday morn
ing at the residence of her SON -in-law,
Capt. Yves. Whitcomb, after O linger-
ing illness. Deceased was in the 59th
year of her age. The funeral will be
from her late residence at two o'clock
this afternoon. The interment
will be at the Hillside cemetery.
The great yacht race for the Amer
ica cup between the American yacht
Volunteer and the Scotch yacht
Thistle, viii take place over the New
York Yacht clubs course next Tues-
day. There will be three races in all;
the second to be next Thursday, and
the third on October 1st. The
result will be awaited with interest
by over one hundred million people.
Like other Columbia river Gamer
les whose good works are In every
mans mouth, j. o. Hanthorn's cans
have an extensive eastern circulation.
as Is evident by his recent receipt of
aletter from member OF the Han
thorn tribe resident in Indiana, who
wrote saying that he had found his
name on can of salmon that he had
bought, and asking If the Astoria
Hanthorn was any kin to him.
The exhaustive review of the Cpur
d'Alene mining district begun in a
special edition Of the Oregoniaal last
month is concluded in the issue of
yesterday. The former paper gave a
detailed account OF the mines of the
Wardner district; this deals with the
Wallace and Mullsn districts farther
up the South Fork Of the Cnur
d'Alene river, and of the North
Fork or gold district of which Murray
is the chief town. The work now